Thrown to the four winds

• The Final Countdown. Days 64 & 65: Epping, London 6 years ago I’m going to break with convention for these days and just write an overview. From 1-4 June we stayed with Paul and Alice, and their four cats and 20+ koi fish. We were made to feel very welcome and we are so thankful and grateful to them for their hospitality!The Saturday and Sunday mostly...
• The Final Countdown. Day 63: Nice, France - Belgium (briefly) - London, UK 6 years ago Today was our last day on Europe mainland. It was bittersweet! We got to have a short sleep in which was nice, not a totally early start like usual. We were actually ready earlier than we needed to be so we made our way to the bus stop for the airport. Turns out that was quite good because the bus...
• The Final Countdown. Day 62: Monaco 6 years ago New country day! Our decision to put off Monaco until today because the weather was supposed to be perfect. The title of this post is a little misleading from the convention I've normally been using - by rights it should say Nice, France - Monte Carlo, Monaco, but seeing as we spent absolutely no...
• The Final Countdown. Day 61: Cinque Terre, Italy - Nice, France 6 years ago Today was a travel day - these are always pretty rough. Our train to Nice was quite early and we still had to buy tickets, which we had a bit of trouble doing. We learnt later that this was because - while the machine had the option of going through to Nice, we actually had to go to the border and...
• The Final Countdown. Day 60: Cinque Terre 6 years ago It was a little bit tougher to get started today  as we were a bit sore and stiff after yesterday’s hiking. Our accomodation had provided some tidbits for breakfast - croissants the day before (Which we had as snacks en route), and today we had toast with jam and a tasty mocha.As mentioned, the...

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